System Requirements

 

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Caneco BIM (Revit plugin) / Caneco Implantation (AutoCAD plugin): System Requirements

1. Compatibility by host version

Host versionOperating system

Framework

Revit / AutoCAD 202564-bit Windows 10 or Windows 11.NET 10
Revit / AutoCAD 202664-bit Windows 10 or Windows 11.NET 10
Revit / AutoCAD 202764-bit Windows 11 only.NET 10

For 2025 and 2026, use the latest Revit or AutoCAD update, which runs on .NET 10. The host program installs .NET.

 

2. Unsupported platforms

Caneco BIM and Caneco Implantation don't run on macOS, either natively or through Parallels Desktop.

 

3. Hardware (typical professional project)

 Caneco BIM (Revit)Caneco Implantation (AutoCAD)
CPUHigh single-core clock speed; multi-core helpsSame
RAM32 GB or more16 GB or more
GPU

Dedicated, DirectX 11 capable with Shader Model 5, 4–8 GB VRAM

Same

Disk (plugin)5 GB free5 GB free

These are extra to the host program's own requirements. For those, see Autodesk's official pages.

 

ETAP 2026 System Requirements

ETAP Design & Analysis Solutions
Operating System
(64-bit Microsoft® Windows®)
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 (Professional)
  • Microsoft® Windows® 11 on ARM †
  • Microsoft® Windows® 10 (Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise)
  • Microsoft® Server 2025 (Standard)
  • Microsoft® Server 2022 (Standard)
  • Microsoft® Server 2019 (Standard)
PC PortsUSB Type-A port for hard security key only
Display & Graphics

Video card with hardware support for Direct2D

Basic: 21" 1080p (1920 X 1080) monitor or better

Recommended: dual 27" 4k (3840 X 2160) monitors or better

NetworkEthernet port or Wi-Fi w/ network access
for network licensing & software download
Pointing DeviceMS-Mouse compliant
Disk Space

Installation Only: 30 GB

Installation + Projects: 100 GB (based on number of projects, project size, number of buses, backup retention options)

Recommended for 10,000 Bus or greater projects:
Solid State Disk (SSD): 200 MB/s or better read/write speed

Recommended for 20,000 Bus or greater projects:
NVMe m.2 (Nonvolatile Memory Express): 5GB/s or better read/write speed

Processor (CPU) & Memory (RAM)
Project SizeMinimum CPU†SpeedMemory Size
100 BusIntel Core Ultra 52.4 GHz or better8 GB of RAM
500 BusIntel Core Ultra 53.0 GHz or better8 GB of RAM
1,000 BusIntel Core Ultra 73.0 GHz or better16 GB of RAM
10,000 Bus +Intel Core Ultra 93.0 GHz or better32 GB of RAM
† ARM platforms (Windows 11 on Snapdragon X Elite, Windows 11 Professional via Parallels on macOS running on an Apple M3), have been tested successfully, but are not fully supported.

Software Requirements

Software Prerequisites
  • Microsoft® Edge or Google Chrome
Third-party packages installed with ETAP
  • Intel® Fortran Compiler runtime 2022.2.0.9553 (x64)   
  • Microsoft ASP .NET Core 8.0.31 Shared Framework (x64) 
  • Microsoft .NET Framework v4.8   
  • Microsoft .NET Runtime v8.0.31 
  • Microsoft ODBC Driver 18 for SQL Server    
  • Microsoft OLE DB Driver 18.7.5 for SQL Server (x64 and Arm64)  
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2022 Express Local DB (x64)   
  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2022 Redistributable (x86 & x64)   
  • Microsoft Windows Desktop Runtime - 8.0.31 (x64) 
  • OpenSSL 3.0.22 (optional)   
  • SAP Crystal Reports runtime engine for .NET Framework CR13 SP37   
  • SQLite 3.53.4   
  • SQLite ODBC Driver 0.99991   
  • Node.js V24.14.1-x64 (optional)

Other Third-Party Packages
  • Microsoft Access Database Engine 2016    
  • MongoDB 64 bit 8.0.28 (Windows 11, Windows Server 2022, 2025) 
  • Python 3.13.15 
  • Thales Sentinel Run-time Environment Installer 10.31 

 

 

Recommended system configuration

See Electrical or See Electrical Expert standalone :

  • Microsoft  Windows 10  (64 bits only).
  • Microsoft Windows 10  Pro (64 bits only).
  • Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 class, > 3 GHz or equivalent.
  • RAM: 4 GB.
  • 500 MB of free disk space required for the installation.
  • Graphic Card: 1280 x 1024.

See Electrical Expert Multi-User Mode (Concurrent Engineering module):

There are different requirements for the Server and for the Client.

Server (See Electrical Expert with Concurrent Engineering)

  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64 bits) or newer.
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 (PROFESSIONAL version strongly recommended; it is also possible to run on EXPRESS EDITION version, but with some limitations).
  • Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 class, >3 GHz or equivalent
  • RAM: 12 GB (+ 1 Gb per client).
  • 200 GB of free disk space required for the installation.
  • LAN (Network Card): 1 GB.